Sensory-Responsive Design: Qualitative Insights and Design Methodologies for Crafting Neuro-Inclusive Environments

Registration Eligibility

ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2024 conference session.

Start Date

10/21/2024

End Date

10/20/2026

Description

Sensory-responsive design emanates from an evidence-based connection between sensory sensitivities and neurodiversity. To best meet the needs of the neurodiverse community, a sensory-responsive process must be applied in designed landscapes. Attendees will learn about neurodiversity and techniques to apply in the classroom and in practice.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Healthcare & Therapeutic Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.25

Learning Outcomes

Provide a baseline understanding of sensory sensitivities and their connection to neurodiversity, and highlight the broad range of experiences and needs that neurodiverse people experience.; Build an understanding that someone’s experience of the world is built through interpretation of sensory inputs, and that changes in sensory perception alter their perception of the spaces they inhabit.; Establish the idea of sensory-responsive design and show that this method of design positively affects all users.; Share practical methodologies for the application of sensory-responsive design for attendees to apply in their own instructional methods or practice.

Instructors

Kathryn Finnigan ; Amy Wagenfeld ; Benjamin Jensen

Course Codes

Provider

American Society of Landscape Architects

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